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Catalogue of valuable printed books comprising English literature of the 16th to 19th century colour-plate and illustrated books Chinese drawings on rice-paper, natural history a collection of physiological books, which will be sold by auction by Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries: Day of sale: Monday, 3rd February, 1969

Catalogue of valuable printed books comprising English literature of the 16th to 19th century colour-plate and illustrated books Chinese drawings on rice-paper, natural history a collection of physiological books, which will be sold by auction by Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries: Day of sale: Monday, 3rd February, 1969

By Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Book. English.
Published London : Sotheby & Co 1969
Catalogue of printed books comprising Continental books of the 15th to 19th century; science and natural history; travel and topography; books on art and artists, prints, drawings and furniture; a collection of books on cricket; English literature of the 17th to 20th century; colour-plate books and books illustrated by Arthur Rackham; books from the Bremmer, Cresset, Daniel, Golden Cockerell, Kelmscott, Nonesuch and Shakespeare Head presses; bibliography, which will be sold by auction by Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries: Days of sale: Monday, 27th January, 1969 Tuesday, 28th January, 1969

Catalogue of printed books comprising Continental books of the 15th to 19th century; science and natural history; travel and topography; books on art and artists, prints, drawings and furniture; a collection of books on cricket; English literature of the 17th to 20th century; colour-plate books and books illustrated by Arthur Rackham; books from the Bremmer, Cresset, Daniel, Golden Cockerell, Kelmscott, Nonesuch and Shakespeare Head presses; bibliography, which will be sold by auction by Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries: Days of sale: Monday, 27th January, 1969 Tuesday, 28th January, 1969

By Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Book. English.
Published London : Sotheby & Co 1969
Catalogue of valuable printed books, science, autograph letters and historical documents: comprising an important collection of sporting and illustrated books Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond St., W.1: days of sale Monday, 10th April, 1967 Tuesday, 11th April, 1967

Catalogue of valuable printed books, science, autograph letters and historical documents: comprising an important collection of sporting and illustrated books Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond St., W.1: days of sale Monday, 10th April, 1967 Tuesday, 11th April, 1967

By Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Book. English.
Published London : Sotheby's 1967
Catalogue of valuable printed books, fine bindings, autograph letters and documents: including French and other continental books, many being special copies, fine printing, bindings by Paul Bonet, Creuzevault and other craftsmen, from the collection of Sr. Teodoro Becu; early printing, travel, medicine and science, natural history books, many with coloured plates, Chinese drawings of flowers, etc., from various sources; first editions of Francis Mere's Wit's Treasury, 1598, and Milton's Areopagitica, 1644; and the two earliest dated editions of Platina De Honesta Voluptate, 1475, 1480, the property of Per Jacobson, Esq., of Copenhagen; a collection of decorated bindings, English and continental the property of A. N. L. Munby, Esq., Litt.D.; together with autograph letters, MSS., etc., of Ainsworth, Matthew Arnold, the first Earl of Burlington, Marie Corelli; Charles Dickens, Edward Lear, Anna Seward, Adam Smith, Horace Walpole; collections of papers relative to Sir Joseph Banks, Thomas Percy, and the Grenville family in the 17th century; Diaghileff's autograph contracts with Nijinsky, Chapliapine, Karsavina, Lopokova and others (from the papers of Serge Grigoriev); and a remarkable group of papers, probably from John Selden's collection, and afterwards belonging to Sir Matthew Hale, including an unpublished MS. of John Bale, 1561, Letters of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, manuscripts and letters from the papers of John Whitgift, including many letters and documents addressed to him as Archbishop of Canterbury by Queen Elizabeth and her ministers, a manuscript petition for religious toleration signed by Miles Coverdale and John Foxe, a 16th century MS. describing the posthumous miracles of King Henry VI, etc., etc. the property of Messrs. Morgan, Grenfell & Co., Ltd.: which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. Monday, 14th October, 1963, and following day

Catalogue of valuable printed books, fine bindings, autograph letters and documents: including French and other continental books, many being special copies, fine printing, bindings by Paul Bonet, Creuzevault and other craftsmen, from the collection of Sr. Teodoro Becu; early printing, travel, medicine and science, natural history books, many with coloured plates, Chinese drawings of flowers, etc., from various sources; first editions of Francis Mere's Wit's Treasury, 1598, and Milton's Areopagitica, 1644; and the two earliest dated editions of Platina De Honesta Voluptate, 1475, 1480, the property of Per Jacobson, Esq., of Copenhagen; a collection of decorated bindings, English and continental the property of A. N. L. Munby, Esq., Litt.D.; together with autograph letters, MSS., etc., of Ainsworth, Matthew Arnold, the first Earl of Burlington, Marie Corelli; Charles Dickens, Edward Lear, Anna Seward, Adam Smith, Horace Walpole; collections of papers relative to Sir Joseph Banks, Thomas Percy, and the Grenville family in the 17th century; Diaghileff's autograph contracts with Nijinsky, Chapliapine, Karsavina, Lopokova and others (from the papers of Serge Grigoriev); and a remarkable group of papers, probably from John Selden's collection, and afterwards belonging to Sir Matthew Hale, including an unpublished MS. of John Bale, 1561, Letters of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, manuscripts and letters from the papers of John Whitgift, including many letters and documents addressed to him as Archbishop of Canterbury by Queen Elizabeth and her ministers, a manuscript petition for religious toleration signed by Miles Coverdale and John Foxe, a 16th century MS. describing the posthumous miracles of King Henry VI, etc., etc. the property of Messrs. Morgan, Grenfell & Co., Ltd.: which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. Monday, 14th October, 1963, and following day

By Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Book. English.
Published [London : Sotheby's 1963
Catalogue of printed books comprising S.T.C. and Wing books, and English books of the 18th century: books printed on the Continent, including Benedetto Bordone, Isolario, Venice 1534, Le grant coustumier de France, 1536 and Coustumes generalles de Berry, 1540, both printed on vellum; travel, and books of views, including Angas's The Kaffirs illustrated; a complete set of The sporting magazine, 205 vols., finely bound; natural history; chap books and children's books and games; first editions of Coleridge, Cobbett, Dickens and others; library sets; private press books; modern German books; art books, and books with illustrations after Cezanne, Kokoshka, Roualt and other modern artists; Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond Street, W.1; days of sale: first day, Monday, 27th April, 1964, lots 1-272; second day, Tuesday, 28th April, 1964, lots 273-600

Catalogue of printed books comprising S.T.C. and Wing books, and English books of the 18th century: books printed on the Continent, including Benedetto Bordone, Isolario, Venice 1534, Le grant coustumier de France, 1536 and Coustumes generalles de Berry, 1540, both printed on vellum; travel, and books of views, including Angas's The Kaffirs illustrated; a complete set of The sporting magazine, 205 vols., finely bound; natural history; chap books and children's books and games; first editions of Coleridge, Cobbett, Dickens and others; library sets; private press books; modern German books; art books, and books with illustrations after Cezanne, Kokoshka, Roualt and other modern artists; Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond Street, W.1; days of sale: first day, Monday, 27th April, 1964, lots 1-272; second day, Tuesday, 28th April, 1964, lots 273-600

By Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Book. English.
Published London : Sotheby's 1964
Natural history and travel books, including a fine collection of works by John Gould: the properties of John Balfour, Esq. direct descendants of Samuel and William Curtis, the Royal Institution of Great Britain the late Sir G. Stanley White, BT.and from various sources which will be sold at auction by Christie, Manson & Woods at their Great Rooms Wednesday, April 12, 1972

Natural history and travel books, including a fine collection of works by John Gould: the properties of John Balfour, Esq. direct descendants of Samuel and William Curtis, the Royal Institution of Great Britain the late Sir G. Stanley White, BT.and from various sources which will be sold at auction by Christie, Manson & Woods at their Great Rooms Wednesday, April 12, 1972

By Christie, Manson & Woods
Book. English.
Published London : Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd 1972
Catalogue of valuable printed books: comprising incunabula, including the Legenda aurea, Basel, c; 1474, Ockham's Dialogorum libri, Paris, 1476, and Paraldus, Sermones, 1499, with the bookplate of Hildebrand Brandenburg; Homer's Odyssey, 1504, printed on vellum, the Romant de la rose, Paris, 1526, the Oudry La Fontaine, and other Continental books of the 16th to 19th century, including Italian plays of the 16th century; Pulci's Il Morgante, 1574, bound by Derome le jeune; medicine and science, including The governall of helth, Wynkyn de Worde, c; 1530, an unrecorded edition; Arceus's Compendious method of curing woundes, 1588, first English edition; Present remedies against the plague, 1592, the earliest, unrecorded, edition known; London Tryacle, 1615; a collection of portrait photographs by Julia Cameron; English literature of the 16th to 19th century, including Nicholas Breton's Maister Frauncis Drake, 1581, the only copy known; Browne's Urne-Buriall, first edition; Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel, first edition, and Johnson's Vanity of human wishes, first edition; works of Browning, Caryle, Leigh Hunt, William Morris and Tennyson, presentation copies to William Allingham; natural history, including Gould's Toucans, Humming Birds, Trogons and Birds of Great Britain; Dresser's Birds of Europe; Sharpe's Birds Paradise and Martyn's Historia plantarum rariorum, 1728-38; colour-plate books; also Chinese watercolour drawings; Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond St., W.1, on Monday, the 24th May, 1965

Catalogue of valuable printed books: comprising incunabula, including the Legenda aurea, Basel, c; 1474, Ockham's Dialogorum libri, Paris, 1476, and Paraldus, Sermones, 1499, with the bookplate of Hildebrand Brandenburg; Homer's Odyssey, 1504, printed on vellum, the Romant de la rose, Paris, 1526, the Oudry La Fontaine, and other Continental books of the 16th to 19th century, including Italian plays of the 16th century; Pulci's Il Morgante, 1574, bound by Derome le jeune; medicine and science, including The governall of helth, Wynkyn de Worde, c; 1530, an unrecorded edition; Arceus's Compendious method of curing woundes, 1588, first English edition; Present remedies against the plague, 1592, the earliest, unrecorded, edition known; London Tryacle, 1615; a collection of portrait photographs by Julia Cameron; English literature of the 16th to 19th century, including Nicholas Breton's Maister Frauncis Drake, 1581, the only copy known; Browne's Urne-Buriall, first edition; Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel, first edition, and Johnson's Vanity of human wishes, first edition; works of Browning, Caryle, Leigh Hunt, William Morris and Tennyson, presentation copies to William Allingham; natural history, including Gould's Toucans, Humming Birds, Trogons and Birds of Great Britain; Dresser's Birds of Europe; Sharpe's Birds Paradise and Martyn's Historia plantarum rariorum, 1728-38; colour-plate books; also Chinese watercolour drawings; Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond St., W.1, on Monday, the 24th May, 1965

By Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Book. English.
Published London : Sotheby's 1965
Catalogue of valuable printed books: comprising an important collection of books on navigation and astronomy, including Blundeville's Theoriques of the seven planets, 1602, a presentation copy inscribed by the author, Bourne's Regiment for the sea, (c; 1574) and 1631, Dudley's Arcano del mare, 1646-47, Gellibrand's Variation of the magneticall needle, 1635, Medina's L'arte del navegar, 1669, and Sturmy's The mariners magazine, 1669; English literature of the 16th to 19th century, including Froissart's chronicles, 1545-75, Vowell's Offices of the citie of Excester, 1584, Killigrew's The prisoners and claracilla, 1641, Traherne's Christian ethicks, 1675, and Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job, 1826, a large paper copy; Catesby's Natural history of Carolina, 1771, Alken's National sports of Great Britain, 1821, Ackermann's Oxford and Cambridge, Angas's New Zealanders illustrated, 1847, and other natural history and colour-plate books; Chinese drawings on rice paper; Continental books of the 15th to 20th century, including the Bible in German (1487), Molie`re's Oeuvres, 6 vol., 1734, with plates by Boucher, and the Oudry la fontaine; 17th century Dutch pamphlets and a collection of books in Russian; science and medicine; decorated book-bindings; Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries Days of sale: Monday, 19th February, 1968 Tuesday, 20th February, 1968

Catalogue of valuable printed books: comprising an important collection of books on navigation and astronomy, including Blundeville's Theoriques of the seven planets, 1602, a presentation copy inscribed by the author, Bourne's Regiment for the sea, (c; 1574) and 1631, Dudley's Arcano del mare, 1646-47, Gellibrand's Variation of the magneticall needle, 1635, Medina's L'arte del navegar, 1669, and Sturmy's The mariners magazine, 1669; English literature of the 16th to 19th century, including Froissart's chronicles, 1545-75, Vowell's Offices of the citie of Excester, 1584, Killigrew's The prisoners and claracilla, 1641, Traherne's Christian ethicks, 1675, and Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job, 1826, a large paper copy; Catesby's Natural history of Carolina, 1771, Alken's National sports of Great Britain, 1821, Ackermann's Oxford and Cambridge, Angas's New Zealanders illustrated, 1847, and other natural history and colour-plate books; Chinese drawings on rice paper; Continental books of the 15th to 20th century, including the Bible in German (1487), Molie`re's Oeuvres, 6 vol., 1734, with plates by Boucher, and the Oudry la fontaine; 17th century Dutch pamphlets and a collection of books in Russian; science and medicine; decorated book-bindings; Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries Days of sale: Monday, 19th February, 1968 Tuesday, 20th February, 1968

By Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Book. English.
Published London : Sotheby & Co 1968
Catalogue of valuable printed books, music, autograph letters and historical documents: comprising books printed on the continent including Berchorus Liber Biblie Moralis, 1474 Hooke's Micrographia 1665 Beethoven's Schottische Liede Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond St., W.1: days of sale, Monday, 29th June, 1964 Tuesday, 30th June, 1964

Catalogue of valuable printed books, music, autograph letters and historical documents: comprising books printed on the continent including Berchorus Liber Biblie Moralis, 1474 Hooke's Micrographia 1665 Beethoven's Schottische Liede Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond St., W.1: days of sale, Monday, 29th June, 1964 Tuesday, 30th June, 1964

By Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Book. English.
Published London : Sotheby's 1964
Catalogue of important printed books, albums of fine drawings, and one handsome illuminated manuscript, comprising the property of E. Peter Jones the Earl of Southesk Chales G. Wood Viola L. Southcomb the Baroness Lucas and Dingwall and a magnificent voulme of bird-drawings by Claude Aubriet, from the La Vallière, Limare and Paris d'Illens collections: which will be sold by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. on Monday, the 18th October, 1954 and the following day

Catalogue of important printed books, albums of fine drawings, and one handsome illuminated manuscript, comprising the property of E. Peter Jones the Earl of Southesk Chales G. Wood Viola L. Southcomb the Baroness Lucas and Dingwall and a magnificent voulme of bird-drawings by Claude Aubriet, from the La Vallière, Limare and Paris d'Illens collections: which will be sold by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. on Monday, the 18th October, 1954 and the following day

By Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Book. English.
Published London : Sotheby's 1954
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